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Topic: Anyone using LED T-molding on their cabinet? (Read 861 times)

I guess everyone here knows about the LED T-molding sold at T-molding.com.

I have a few questions for those of you that use the stuff.

1. Hows your cab look when its not lit? I already know it probally looks bad ass when on.2. Was it worth the cost?3. Will I really need to re-route my cab and control panel or could I just shave the t-molding to fit the slot? Maybe I could just get it hot with a heat gun and pound in the the extra fat stem 4. How often do you turn it on?

I guess everyone here knows about the LED T-molding sold at T-molding.com.

I have a few questions for those of you that use the stuff.

1. Hows your cab look when its not lit? I already know it probally looks bad ass when on.2. Was it worth the cost?3. Will I really need to re-route my cab and control panel or could I just shave the t-molding to fit the slot? Maybe I could just get it hot with a heat gun and pound in the the extra fat stem 4. How often do you turn it on?

I don't use it but like the others I've seen it plenty of times. I don't think it looks as bad as other do but the leds are too close to the covering so it just looks like a bunch of dots instead of a smooth diffused light. I don't think it would look very good when its off. You really need to be looking for a big spectacle if you use them.

I'm working on a driving cab right now and have found other more subtle ways to use leds.

A few people have messed with routing a very deep grove where the t-molding would normally go and then filling the hole with silicone to diffuse the light and putting the t-molding on top of that, but that's a crap ton of work and not worth it in my opinion.... plus if the leds ever die, you're screwed.

LEDs on an arcade cabinet are like light bars on trucks. Novel concept but more times than not, they look awkward, gaudy, and serve little practical purpose while screaming "poser". Just not my thing. Maybe if they were around back in the day, but a big no for me. I have seen the LED molding in person and it looks absolutely hideous and rather shocking to me.

That can working in some situations but only when there is a little space between the led and the diffuser plus you would need to use a reflector. The leds fit so tight in the t-molding that putting them in backwards would just block out most of the light.